Punitive sanction" includes a sanction of imprisonment if the sentence is for a definite period of time. ex> The Iraqui disctator has been on the receiving end of punitive sanctions for ten years now.
Sanction, injunction, ban, boycott, writ, punitive measure, forbiddance, restriction, suspension, prohibition...
Strict liability is the liability to punitive sanction despite the lack of mens rea.
The word punitive if defined simply basically means "punish". So to take sudden punitive action would be to take sudden disiplinary action essentially.
sanction can mean penalties or limit. BUT based on the SAT useage. it means to approve or ratify "nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man"
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sanction
A word that means to give official approval to is to ratify.
It means having some official authority or sanction, but not maintained or financed by the government.
The word punitive means serving to punish, so the opposite could be forgiving, or corrective.In civil suits, the opposite of punitive damages are "actual" damages or compensatory damages.
The ISBN of The Eiger Sanction is 0517500345.
Satanic Sanction was created in 1988.
The ISBN of The Bourne Sanction is 0446539864.